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KISSIMMEE, Fla. — A few quick updates from the final morning before the first Astros full-squad workouts.

• Wandy Rodriguez said he felt good upon arrival to Osceola County Stadium this morning and was back on the mound throwing his regularly scheduled bullpen session. Rodriguez ended his last one Thursday with stiffness in his back.

“It was a very nice service,” Mills said. “You just hate the way it happened to Gary – we all loved him. But I’ll tell you what, you could see a lot of lives that he touched. God was first in his life and he touched a lot of people because of it.”

Carter — a longtime catcher for the Expos and New York Mets — died of brain tumors Feb. 16 and had many baseball dignitaries and former teammates come for the service.

• All players are expected to be accounted for in the first full-squad workout. Mills expected the three who have not yet checked in — Carlos Lee, Jonathan Singleton and Jonathan Villar — to be in Florida today and ready to report Sunday morning.

Is the video below, catcher Chris Snyder talks about his offseason preparation and getting familiar with the pitchers. “It’s fun to be here,” he says.